Jean-Marc Lassance
@pherojml.bsky.social
Born curious, trained scientist; Interested in Sensory Biology, Evolutionary Biology & Genomics; Dad ; Belgian returnee (former 🇸🇪🇺🇸); PI @GIGA_ULiege 🇷🇴
https://www.gigaevoneuroetho.uliege.be
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Jean-Marc Lassance
@pherojml.bsky.social
· May 13
The Functional and Genetic Architecture of Olfaction in Deer Mice
Mammals have well-developed olfactory systems, but the molecular logic driving the extraction of biological information, how this logic evolves and contributes to differences in behavior remain unclea...
www.biorxiv.org
🧬 New study out: we report a chromosome-level assembly of the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus! A launching pad for chemosensory-evolution research. Read more 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Jean-Marc Lassance
🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com!
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
July 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com!
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
Reposted by Jean-Marc Lassance
The Trump administration intends to deport a Harvard scientist back to Russia, government lawyers told a federal judge on Wednesday. The scientist fled the country in 2022 and fears she will be arrested there over her protest of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Trump administration intends to deport a Harvard scientist back to Russia, government lawyers told a federal judge on Wednesday. The scientist fled the country in 2022 and fears she will be arrested there over her protest of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
🧬 New study out: we report a chromosome-level assembly of the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus! A launching pad for chemosensory-evolution research. Read more 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Functional and Genetic Architecture of Olfaction in Deer Mice
Mammals have well-developed olfactory systems, but the molecular logic driving the extraction of biological information, how this logic evolves and contributes to differences in behavior remain unclea...
www.biorxiv.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🧬 New study out: we report a chromosome-level assembly of the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus! A launching pad for chemosensory-evolution research. Read more 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Jean-Marc Lassance
Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Perception of Temperature Even in the Absence of Actual Change is Sufficient to Drive Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance
Can processes occurring in one individuals nervous system influence the physiology of the descendants? Here we explored the provocative hypothesis that parents sensation or perception of environmental...
www.biorxiv.org
December 5, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Jean-Marc Lassance
Scientists are reporting that it would take just a single mutation in the version of bird flu that has swept through U.S. cattle herds to produce a virus adept at latching on to human cells, a much simpler step than previously imagined.
Single bird flu mutation could let it latch easily to human cells, study finds
The potential mutation would allow the avian influenza virus sweeping through cattle herds to attach to a receptor protein on the surface of our cells.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Scientists are reporting that it would take just a single mutation in the version of bird flu that has swept through U.S. cattle herds to produce a virus adept at latching on to human cells, a much simpler step than previously imagined.
Reposted by Jean-Marc Lassance
Happy VSS submission day to all who celebrate! #VisionScience
December 5, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Happy VSS submission day to all who celebrate! #VisionScience
Reposted by Jean-Marc Lassance
VIVE LE MERCOSUR !
Ce traité est nécessaire pour notre industrie, pour la transition écologique… et même pour notre agriculture.
Tant pis pour les fakes news sur le bœuf aux hormones.
Un thread qui ne va pas me faire que des amis. ⤵️
Ce traité est nécessaire pour notre industrie, pour la transition écologique… et même pour notre agriculture.
Tant pis pour les fakes news sur le bœuf aux hormones.
Un thread qui ne va pas me faire que des amis. ⤵️
November 19, 2024 at 6:01 AM
VIVE LE MERCOSUR !
Ce traité est nécessaire pour notre industrie, pour la transition écologique… et même pour notre agriculture.
Tant pis pour les fakes news sur le bœuf aux hormones.
Un thread qui ne va pas me faire que des amis. ⤵️
Ce traité est nécessaire pour notre industrie, pour la transition écologique… et même pour notre agriculture.
Tant pis pour les fakes news sur le bœuf aux hormones.
Un thread qui ne va pas me faire que des amis. ⤵️
Reposted by Jean-Marc Lassance
Just put together the beginnings of a systems & behavior neuro starter pack (focus on rodent work) - obviously a lot of people missing, and most included are in my own little bubble, so if you want to be added do reply here! go.bsky.app/Hxpe53o
November 10, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Just put together the beginnings of a systems & behavior neuro starter pack (focus on rodent work) - obviously a lot of people missing, and most included are in my own little bubble, so if you want to be added do reply here! go.bsky.app/Hxpe53o